Sausage-hanging tool.



' E.SALAY.

SAUSAGE HANGING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 24. I915.

1,182,322. Patented May 9, 1916.

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To all whom it Mai/concern; v c Be it knownthatl; EMjIL SALAY, asubject,of the King "of Hungary; residing Pomona, in the conntyof LosTAngelesState of CalifO lIiia; hare invented new and useful Imp vements inSansage-Hangihg Tools, ofwlhieh the following is aspec'ifica-f t i I v iI the devicernay be readilygrasped and can tion.

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a device for faeilitating the hanging of sausages andthe like; asinarranging them on the smokehousebars.

It has heretoforebeen thepgenerallcustorn in stringing sausagesandthe'like onismokefl house bars "forftjhe workman tofiarrange the asausage links across his fore-arm vin transa diagonally arranged plate,-l4,1'as'shorvn l ferring V the in to the method is objectionable inthat the cold sausages "chill the arm and: is therefore, injurious to{the Workman. Furthermore; it is notkdesirable, y that the sausagesoontact theflesh of the workmanifor hygienicireasonsu This method 1salso object onable; anwthat considerable time and labor is required inthus handling.

thesausagespl r It is another object of this w invent on to provide *aleirie which will obviate ethe -r above, objections; and which kwillenable the handling of he sausages greatergease a Afurtheobjea-isadwhen; {Maia thefaboire Character which embodies a ableralmdapced to receiv ef and carry along string of sausages folded infshortlengths 1 Withinga compactaspaceandyso constructed thatgth'esausageslrnay, be readily rove 1 thereon aI1ClqHlCkly etransferred tothe V V l l aSO thQJtwWhBDithe r-{111118 are in their glow- I smokebarn,

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s the e platesw of the arm .19 "will extendwon panying drawings inwhich:

Figure lasaayren n perspective illustrating thejdevice in its; normalposition and shofwingthe ,manner of arranging a layer of q;- sausage;links thereon. Fig.2 is adetailwside to BXCQIIdufiCljflCBIlU-l the outerend of ikthe elevation showings the device as disposed inSpecificatihnof Letters Patent. Applicatioii filed Novemberfi, i915. scrm. 63,348.

e line 6. 6of Fig. 1 showing the construction 0f the arm lockingmechanism.

,theredf This, body portion l0 has ,a hand- I j This; invention relatesto a sansage hange,

Itis theobj this inventionsto I I :vergent spreader plates 113 overwhioha pendecL-Qas shownqin Fig. l, in such manner-1e edgegbelowl the Wall*14 in :the form ofean shownlfin Fig. A, with the :plate; 1% f seated aouter face of the body member 10 is formed with a; recesslSandpivotallyimounted onlthe'forward edges of the bodymember a 10onthewopposite sides. of the recess 18is awaycfrornthebracket 12;ThearmslQand formed omthearrn-QO-to extend adjacent the bracket 12 so asto projectbeyond the;w

PatentedMay 9, 1916;

More specifically, 10 indicates the body port1on of the devicewhichforlns a support a or mount ng a for .the various elements I hold11 formed-thereon by neans of which riedin the hand. Extending.outwardly a a fronitheprider'sideofthe bodyfportionild-fifi 1s abracket12 formed of dOWIIWEHfd ly dJ g string offsausage's is adapted tobethatthe linksof thesaosages depending be-mm lowl thewlower edges ofthespreader plates Will be; spaced apart. The spreader plates areconnected, together-at their under side in LFigq 4, an d are furtherconnected to-; getheifegby; ,an end plate 15 formed in contin nation ofthe rearwvall of the body member. 10.}:This plate 15 is cutawaylatitsiloweru arcyasjindicated at'h16 infFig 5.[ This oon- 0 structionpermit s of the; spreader plates 13 being placed astridel of the esrnoke bar 17 ,as

thereonglthns"arrangingthel-npper edge of the bracket 12,at aninelination in relation o to the smoke lea-r, ,ras shown in Fig; 4L

a pair of rsupenposed arms-'19 e and 20 adapted to be swung yerticallytoward; and

20 are formed of "divergent plates, arranged ermost positioris 2 adjacent' the, bracket? ,12

opposite sides of the l-loracket and-the'plates OfU-the arrnj 20 {Willextend over the plates braeket12mhenwthe arm 19 'isin its lowera or mostposition to; prevent the sausagescar riedkon the bracketw12 fromslipping :ofi'gthe 1 T end thereof; Similar'projeetionst22 qareendFof';thearm:*19.w 1

Thev muzl is of e g greaterwt a r outer "end of they;latter and; theaiirmf 201 s likewise 1 7 of greater length then the avian '19 sofastosproject*theteheycind. -By this are rangement, When the hraoketsl2 isplaced; i on the bar, asshoWniini'Figf kl fthefouter endsofthe arms =19and 20' W111, be dis-g posed close to the bai so that the links ofsausages in passing from the ELIIHSIWlll;

" slicle orito the barzwitheut jer,; t hu s falvo'i ds ,ing danger "ofseparating adjecentfllihks of the Sausage. V i T e n V s consist of,\l;-sha'ped feels 23and24on'whichj the inner ends of; the plates fforming the, v arms l9 end are i igidly' mounted The V V-shaped rodsf23fand 245 Z he vefoutwerdlyb extending end; portions 25 fend 26 which arepivoted lin'gsiiit ble fbearing's 27 ,i-ie'el1"o n;f

'1 "519*:11id320 in their uppermost? po sitiori i'nde pendent g eachother; 1 means consists v in l forming latch members '28 {mcl 29 oh thej Y eridfpo ftiohsl26 of the frods 23 and '24,};2ts

shown in" Fig; ,1-,; theflateh members 28 7 and- 5: 29 extendingalongside osfltlieside 'iv 'tll of 1 the blody mehibeofloendleclepteclfto ride oveii'fen clfien gege {the opposite; sides ofl,reepers;30jendfil. The keepers -30 a1i l 31; are ,fdr m'eel with"oppositely iilclineds walls" J82 and 38', es particularly; shown in h 6,

which e'xtenjd in the" path" of travel of the" latches; 28 and 29 insuch mn'ner thit when the latches are alfreriged'ion theiindeljisiclefof the; keepefs adjacentthe f faces'32 thereof; i Y lathe "e i'mS "119,and-*QOjEyill beheld in 'their 1117 fperinost positionsfagaihsteesy"displaceis ment'. A? dowi'iweidr pressure onthe arms.

'1Q-end20c2ius'es the "latches to i ide;. ove1ftthe keepers Q into en aement tvith the upper *f a oei33 to j hold the? arm in their lowermostV'positien against ie'siclyldisplacemeiitq" i Y 1111 the operation of 3the iiive tiofr the arms 19 and QOf-isire "disposed in their iip ie'r,mostiposition,"asjsho l iii '1. A string; l; {of 'seu'seges' BA'Kisthen jairenged acrossTithe spreadef plates-i 13. of the bracket 12, fas; s shown inFig.-'-1thesaustges being placed? ,oOIi thBspreadefpletesby"roving the string of sausages beck ,and fffo'rthifromfl one side *of the bracket to: the other withya s series ofthesau'sage links supported onthespreeder; plates'enitheif connectinglinksdepeiidin'g belOW theloWer edgesthereof; Y'j'lhe' ehdofg the,sausage string" iscstatted adj deem: *the? v *body m m er? 1:0 Of,thejdeviee; {and is 1 cons? tinned 1 throiighoutthe length of the'braoket"* v v I812, whereupon the-arm 19 is disposed; in! its lowermostposition, as' wshown in Fig. 2;;- When this .;position;- the plates:forming 9 r, the arm, :19; will be supportedupon, they 1 lo"werrowqof-saflsagesand the projections 21 =Will extendf adjacent the outerend of;

' the 'bracketj12 and. seI-Ve-t'ofprevent the saflsagesfrom slippingoff-the end. of-the 1 the rem" 21M120 i" llleajns '1 are pi'e ided [foeholdihgthe i 1 9i The; sausage s't rin gtis then, harried! ,f Qm; he. eren '0 f arm 2O on to" the bar; arranging the raised to itsuppet-11610stv position 'Whefe, 1t

hreeketjl-QL -l-9-and 'ztgain linked thereonfrom its inner 22 extendingad acent the router end of the" f the arm 19" tofthe-j rea-r e d oftheerm 20nd 'sedhac'kiand rt v to w rd, lts feliwa'rd endafl The, arm leis?of s These lisage stringisthen carri'ecl back 'ao nclover'thelfear endof thee m:

toward its; outer; eml in i the ,samei ma nner as ,on the bracket 12.Wh'en the arm"l9 is ithus'iloaded-zwith the sausages the arm 20 isclispose'ol'in its lowermost position With" itsdivergent .plates restingon thefs'ausages carried hyftheei m l9aildftheprojeetions f 1 suehlength in te tion w ehesdrm 20; that 3 the leng h off rchain TQ sa ge exend-- i ie from theouterfincl 0,1" the'ia'rm :19 to *theinner end. ofth'eerm 20 will; not'fneee's 1 V, 3 :5: of the; loop 1 of the seusagelinks extendingi 7 over the'sides oftheia rins or bracket; itb'ef heerily halt'e to be "gieatefftheh the length ing'. desirable that ithelengths of the j loops I 11 and carried to an desire li er of thesausages. s

armjsfle V ndeogmd the brisket: 12-wi11 be e r ta d y h iil tch l en ngthe.

iilhei device of 2th? suitable; meteriel 'hutf'is hei' sh wn; as formed!of" sheet meta-1: which; l i

may "desiregand in "some lIlttilCS; they pact space. i v e ofsausages'beepproriimatelyjeqliall through ff W out solthet when thesausages" affe; placedl 1 on' the-fhar 17 theyfwillLdependftherefrom esubstantiallycorresponding,distaneesohthe iq, f o opposite sidesthereoifInithusfloadifig" the V fdetice it may "be disposed; on: any suitablesupp t via li w n fi e l' 'ey b lifted f y grasping the body "member 10,orf hand-hold? point offde- 1 1 e V V o ,morede-v. slr able" thateheefinessfrof' eoiis'trlietio to lightnessea thereby he ohteined'hlfi"1 practice any number of the pivoted arms '19; end; 20v'm'ay be "employelizasx occasion .1

What I claim is: I 1. A sausagehangingdevice,comprising a sausagesupporting bracket, an upwardly projecting body memberthereon,and apivoted arm on said body member arranged to extend over andprojectfbeyond theouter end of the bracket. V i

:2. A sausage hanging ClBVlCB, comprising i a bracket, an upwardlyprojecting body member thereon, apivoted arm on said body memberarranged to extend over and project beyond the outer end of the bracket,and 7 means for latching said arm in an elevated position.

3. A sausage hanging device, comprising a body member, and a sausagesupporting bracket extending from said body member having downwardlydivergent fiat side por-- tions spaced apart attheir lower edges to forma longitudinal channel on its under.

side.

4. A sausage hanger, comprising a pair of downwardly divergent flatplates forming. a sausage supporting and spreading.

bracket, and a hand-holdfor carrying said plates. i V

5. A sausage hanging device, comprising a body member, a bracket thereonformed with downwardly divergent sides, an arm' pivoted on the bodyinemberto extend lover the bracket, havmg divergent sides, and

means for automaticallylatching the arm in an elevated position. a

6. A sausage hanging device, comprising a body member, a bracket thereonformed with downwardly divergent sides, an arm pivoted on thebodymemberto extend over the bracket, having divergent sides, and

p 7 means for latching the arm in its'elevated, i0

position and adj aoent the, bracket.

7. A sausage hanging device, comprising 7 8. A sausage hanging device,comprising name to this specification.

a body member, a bracket thereon, a pivoted arm arranged to extend overthe bracket, ,pro ections on the under side of said arm adapted toextend adjacent the outer end of the bracket when the arm is in itslowermost position, and means for latching the arm in l its elevated andlowermost position.

9.A sausage hanging device, comprising a body member, a bracket thereonhaving divergent side members and a diagonal supporting'plate on itsunder side, an arm pivoted to the body member adapted to extend alongitudinally of the bracket and to project therebeyond, a projectionon the under side of said arm arranged to extend adjacent the end of thebracket, a second pivoted arm arranged to extend above the first-namedarm and of a length to project beyond the outer end of thearmtherebeneath, and means for latching said arms in an elevatedposition.

' 10.. A sausage hanging device, comprising 'afbracket formed ofdivergent plates, and

a pivoted arm extending over said bracket.

* l1. A sausage hanging device, comprising 1 i a bracket formed of apair of downwardly divergent plates, an end wall connecting said plates,and a hand-hold connected to said Wall.

12. A sausage hanging device, comprising a bracket, formed of a pair ofdownwardly divergent plates, an end wall connecting said plates, ahand-hold connected to said wall, and a diagonalplate connecting thedivergent plates and the end wall.

13. A sausage hanging device, comprising 7 a body member, a bracketextending from said body member having downwardly divergent sideportions, and an arm extending longitudinally over said bracket.

14; A sausage hanging device, comprising a body member, a bracketextending from said body member having downwardly divergent sideportions, and a pivoted arm extending longitudinally over, said bracketand projecting bQYOnd the outer end thereof.

Intestimony whereof I have signed ,my

EMIL sALA Ya Gopien of this pateitl mly be obtained for five cents each,by addressing the Commissioner of intents,

' Washington. D. 0.

